Data Volume Index
The Data Volume Index gives you visibility into how much data you are sending to Sumo Logic, allowing you to proactively manage your systems’ behavior and to fine tune your data ingest with respect to the data plan for your Sumo Logic subscription.
The Data Volume Index provides data for logs and metrics:
- Logs and Tracing. Ingest volume in bytes and the number of log messages. Tracing ingest volume in billed bytes and spans count. See Log and Tracing Data Volume Index for details.
- Metrics. Ingest volume measured in data points. See Metrics Ingest Data Volume Index for details.
The Data Volume Index must be manually enabled by an administrator. The index then begins populating. A set of messages within the index is created every five minutes. The data does not backfill and is provided to the index only when the option is enabled.
After the Data Volume Index is enabled, you can access it using this search query:Â
_index=sumologic_volume
Creating an Index typically adds a nominal amount of data to your overall volume (approximately one to two percent) when pre-aggregated. Depending on your Sumo Logic account type and subscription, this data will count against your data volume quota.
Granular Data Tracking​
Granular Data Tracking is a part of usage management that allows you to proactively manage your systems’ behavior and to fine tune your data ingest with respect to the data plan for your Sumo Logic subscription. This should be manually enabled by an administrator if you are a user of Credits package accounts and this will be enabled by default for Flex package accounts. A set of messages within the index is created every five minutes. The data does not backfill and is provided to the index only when the option is enabled.
Enable/disable Granular Data Tracking​
- Classic UI. In the main Sumo Logic menu, select Administration > Account.
New UI. In the top menu select Administration, and then under Account select Account Overview. You can also click the Go To... menu at the top of the screen and select Account Overview. - Click the gear icon
in the top left panel of the Account Overview page. - Click Enable Granular Data Tracking or Disable Granular Data Tracking.
Guide contents​
In this section, we'll introduce the following concepts:
Log and Tracing Data Volume Index
Get to know how much data your account is ingesting.
Metrics Data Volume Index
Get to know the volume of metric data points your account is ingesting.